The Department of Health said that the number of cancelled operations were "very low" and that its plans to transform how care is delivered would ultimately reduce pressure on hospitals.
Budget cuts had led to serious understaffing across the NHS, so it was no surprise that cancelled operations were reaching such heights, he added.
With the strain on acute hospitals – be it in overstretched A&E units, cancelled operations, bed blockers or hospital-acquired infections, top of the wish list for many will be telehealth and telecare.
"When you're working 12 hours a day, and you think you have the next day off, and it's cancelled … and the stress that we're under.
Please note that GNMA will not refund travel costs for cancelled courses.
It added that several thousand passengers using Paddington on 27 December were affected by cancelled and severely delayed services.
The waiting list for elective treatment broke through the 3m barrier last year and has kept on growing; more patients are waiting longer than they should on a trolley in A&E or just to be seen at all; cancer treatment waiting times have been missed for the first time ever; and the number of cancelled operations has risen and risen.
Labour gained Corby in a byelection in 2012 but this was cancelled out when it lost Bradford West to George Galloway in 2012.
Lawyers for the two men appeared in the federal court in Sydney on Friday seeking to have the notices declared invalid and cancelled.
In the last month alone, we've discussed whether a comedian called Dapper Laughs should have had his ITV2 show cancelled once everyone realised his career was based entirely on witless sexism.
Although Blair cancelled a signing event at Waterstone's in central London scheduled for today, fearing protests, the bookseller nonetheless said A Journey had become its fastest selling autobiography ever, based on first-day sales.
